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Glendale shelter opponents gain
support before upcoming protest
BY MARK HALLUM
Members of the Juniper
Park Civic Association
(JPCA) are ready
to protest after an unconfirmed
rumor that
a former factory on the
Glendale/Middle Village
border is finally
primed to house 200
homeless men.
Glendale resident
Mike Papa claimed the
site is going to accommodate
what he termed
“the worst of the worst”
during his Thursday
night announcement at
the JPCA meeting in
Middle Village’s Our
Lady of Hope School.
The community is now
organizing a rally outside
the Long Island
home of Michael Wilner,
who owns the defunct
factory at 78-16
Cooper Ave. For years,
the city and community
have clashed over plans
to turn the site into a
homeless shelter for up
to 200 people.
“All single men —
200 single men — mostly
ex-cons some sexual
offenders. That’s the
population that is being
put in there, that’s not a
rumor,” Papa said. “The
work at the site has
been full speed ahead,
framing and building
… They gain procurement
from the city and
the only thing left for
them to do At this point
is to give the community
board 30 days notice
and the facility opens…
At that point there is
nothing that we can do
about it. We cannot let it
get to this point.”
A spokesman for
Councilman Robert
Holden, who has been
pushing a District 75
school for children with
disabilities to place
at Cooper Avenue instead,
told QNS there is
not currently any contract
with the city for a
homeless shelter.
“We support our constituents
coming together
to push back against
78-16 Cooper Ave. File photo/QNS
the property owner, who
is only concerned about
making money with no
regard to the community,”
a spokesman for
Holden said. “But ultimately
it is not up to
the property owner if a
shelter is going there or
not. It’s up to the city,
and there has been no
contract for a shelter
put forth by the city.
The councilman continues
to push for a school
at the location and is
regularly communicating
with the relevant
city agencies.”
The property owner,
Michael Wilner, has
filed applications with
the city Department of
Buildings to have a facility
built and was in
talks with the city Department
of Homeless
Services at one time allowing
them to view the
space.
In August, Wilner
submitted an amendment
to the application
of existing work to include
a “transient lodging
house” which had
not yet been approved
as of January, according
to the Department
of Buildings.
A DOB spokesman
said the application
amendment has not e
moved forward.
DHS has launched
its Turning of the Tide
on Homelessness initiative,
which aims to
phase out hotel conversions
and establish
shelters in community
boards where
homeless individuals
originate from.
The plan is to place
individuals near family
and friend support
networks to rehabilitate
the sum 63,000 to
70,000 homeless.
“Every neighborhood,
every community
board that sends people
into the shelter system
should have as close as
possible to a representative
amount of shelter
in that area. And that’s
what we’re going to do
one way or another,” de
Blasio said on “Inside
City Hall with Errol
Lewis” on March 18.
Attendees at the
civic association meeting
erupted in applause
when Papa said he went
to Wilner’s home and and
place of employment to
confront him about his
alleged intent to build
a shelter.
Papa is organizing
rally with three buses
scheduled to pick up
potential protestors at
the 78-16 Cooper Ave. on
April 13 at 8 a.m.
Reach reporter Mark
Hallum by e-mail at
mhallum@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at
(718) 260–4564.
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